diff --git a/cpu/msp430/uip-ipchksum.c b/cpu/msp430/uip-ipchksum.c
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+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+#ifdef UIP_ARCH_IPCHKSUM
+u16_t
+uip_ipchksum(void)
+{
+  /* Assumes proper alignement of uip_buf. */
+  u16_t *p = (u16_t *)&uip_buf[UIP_LLH_LEN];
+  register u16_t sum;
+
+  sum = p[0];
+  asmv("add  %[p], %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum): [p] "m" (p[1]));
+  asmv("addc %[p], %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum): [p] "m" (p[2]));
+  asmv("addc %[p], %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum): [p] "m" (p[3]));
+  asmv("addc %[p], %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum): [p] "m" (p[4]));
+  asmv("addc %[p], %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum): [p] "m" (p[5]));
+  asmv("addc %[p], %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum): [p] "m" (p[6]));
+  asmv("addc %[p], %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum): [p] "m" (p[7]));
+  asmv("addc %[p], %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum): [p] "m" (p[8]));
+  asmv("addc %[p], %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum): [p] "m" (p[9]));
+
+  /* Finally, add the remaining carry bit. */
+  asmv("addc #0, %[sum]": [sum] "+r" (sum));
+
+  /* Return sum in network byte order. */
+  return (sum == 0) ? 0xffff : sum;
+}
+#endif
+/*---------------------------------------------------------------------------*/